Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Gartner as 33.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Account Executive and SMB Account Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Large Enterprise Account Executive and Client Executive roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Gartner takes an average of 39 days when considering 6 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Client Executive had the quickest hiring process (on average 3 days), whereas Account Executive roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
I was recruited for the position, completed 3 phone interviews and was sent to the corporate office for a final interview. When speaking with the recruiter, he mentioned one of his applicants that week didn't get in until 2am and had a 7am interview and how sorry he felt for him. Well, guess what happened to me? After a very stressful 4 day week putting in over 50 hours, I hopped on a plane Thursday evening only to get an e-mail saying the VP's schedules had changed and my interview was no longer Friday at 3pm, but 7:30am. I landed after midnight. When I was picking up my rental car one of the guys told me to "watch out for the whiteboard portion" and mentioned that they constantly have people coming in and out for interviews because they burn through employees. Got to my hotel around 2am and had to be up by 5:30 to get ready for the interview. Needless to say, I hardly slept, got up, put on a suit, and was expect to perform at the highest of my abilities. I performed poorly and I accept that; I only wish I had not gone when I saw the interview time change. I would have walked away thinking that it was a waste of my time going to Florida, but had I not known this had happened to several people before me then I wouldn't be as upset. I'm sure it's a fine company which is why I went to the interview even though I'm completely content with my current job, but they need to realize when they set people up for failure.
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Question 1
They explained a scenario and asked me to 'sell the idea' using the white board.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Gartner (Egham, England) in Oct 2013
Interview
First telephone interview with HR, this was to identify suitability and meeting basic requirements. Next was a face to face meeting with a section head, this focused on experience and a little role play. Then I had a phone interview with the head of the business unit, this was pretty informal and focused on character. I then had 3 phone interviews with other analysts. The final interview was a panel interview, 4 people face to face 4 people on video conference, I then had 2 hours to write a research note, and was then questioned extensively on the research note
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Gartner (Stamford, CT) in Aug 2011
Interview
Lots of back and forth with HR, drawn out process. Two separate interviews (each time with two people). Questions were standard and environment fairly relaxed. A lot of people seem to need buy in on middle to upper level management positions.